In a bizarre game that featured two of baseball's best third basemen jawing at each other, the league's top slugger attempting to steal home and a near-instant walkoff review, the Oakland Athletics outlasted the Orioles, 4-3, in 11 innings Friday night, courtesy of something Orioles fans almost never witness. The Orioles lost after another fielding miscue by Gold Glove shortstop J.J. Hardy, who was a day removed from a career-worst three-error game Thursday night in Texas. “It's hard to look at all that [other]

The following is compiled from local police reports. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Wilkens Police Station at 410-887-0872. Edmondson Avenue, 6100 block, 6:10 p.m. Dec. 19. Attempt to steal TV from house while resident was home failed. Holmes Avenue, unit block, 8:26 p.m. Dec. 16. Door handle broken during attempt to break into house through rear patio door.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. is warning customers about scams in which people pose as BGE employees in person or over the telephone to steal money, valuables or credit card information. A recent scam has targeted customers over the telephone, BGE said. Callers say service will be terminated and direct customers to pay by buying a "Green Dot" Visa credit card. Customers are given another phone number where information is obtained from a customer's credit card. But the funds are not used to pay BGE bills, BGE said.

Even under the best of circumstances, archives lack airtight security. It's generally harder to get to the gate at the average airport than it is to gain access to the valuable historic documents stored and maintained by the hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. universities and colleges, public libraries, nonprofit organizations and state archives. Being able to browse these records, to read and touch history, is a privilege that many of us have long taken for granted. But no longer.

I've been watching the ruckus surrounding Denise Whiting, the owner of the Café Hon, with a certain degree of perplexity. I am new to Baltimore, having moved here with my family this past August, so I feel like a person who has stepped into a movie theater halfway into the movie. I know I've missed important parts of the story and am trying to make sense of it all. What I can't understand is why Ms. Whiting is trying to control the use of the word "hon" through her trademarks and restrictions, including the one prohibiting merchants from selling cat's-eye sunglasses during Honfest 2011.

A Randallstown man has been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal shooting Monday of a 19-year-old during what Baltimore County police said was an attempt to steal drugs. Sterling Gregory Lewis, 21, of the 3900 block of Nemo Road was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center. According to police, the victim, Willie Cedric Jackson, and a witness met with Lewis about 11:47 p.m. Monday in the 4000 block of Winlee Road in Randallstown to sell him drugs.

Five employees of a Burger King in Baltimore County were forced into the restaurant's freezer early yesterday while a gunman attempted to steal money from the company safe.The man, who covered his head and face with a hood and black scarf, was unable to get any money during the incident in the 1600 block of Belmont Ave. in Woodlawn because the safe was locked with a timer, police said.Employees at Burger King declined to comment.Pub Date: 6/14/98

A Goldsboro man was arrested Sunday morning after an attempt to steal money from a Crown gas station in the 5700 block of Ritchie Highway, county police said.A man entered the store about 12:30 a.m. and asked for a pack of cigarettes. When the clerk went to get them, the man reached over the counter and tried to take money from the cash register, police said. After a brief struggle, he grabbed two cartons of cigarettes and ran, police said.Later, police saw a man who fit the thief's description walking toward the station.